by Arthur Goldstuck. Gaming is booming in SA — and there’s no sign of it letting up.
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Media Future: Most-useful gadgets of the year
by Arthur Goldstuck. We choose the most practical new gadgets we tried out in 2015.
Media Future: Smartphones of the year
by Arthur Goldstuck. There’s no confusion about my high-end phone of the year.
Media Future: LG guns for market share with G4
by Arthur Goldstuck (@art2gee) Korean electronics manufacturer LG has spent the last two years proving its high-tech credentials as a smartphone technology leader. With the release of the G4, it is ready for more.
Media Future: Three categories dominate SA apps market
by Arthur Goldstuck (@art2gee) There is no better indication of what consumers are doing on their smartphones than the apps they most commonly download — and social media, games and fitness dominate the app stores of three of the major smartphone platforms in South Africa.
Media Future: Samsung and Sony heating up their challenge to the iPad Air
by Arthur Goldstuck (@art2gee) The tablet market may have cooled down, but that hasn’t stopped Samsung and Sony from heating up their challenge to the iPad Air.
Media Future: Welcome to the data divide
by Arthur Goldstuck (@art2gee) The digital divide is vanishing as the masses embrace smartphones. In its place, we have the data divide.
Media Future: Massive smartphone shift under way in SA
by Arthur Goldstuck (@art2gee) The numbers from South Africa’s largest mobile phone retailer show, along with other fascinating insights, a massive shift happening in the smartphone market right now.
Media Future: Add-on lenses are reinventing phone photography
by Arthur Goldstuck (@art2gee) Phone cameras cannot, by themselves, replace conventional SLR, but add-on lenses are reinventing phone photography.
Media Future: Tablet war erupts with choice
A quality low-end tablet from ASUS and the imminent arrival of Sony’s flagship Tablet Z brings compelling new choices to the market, writes Arthur Goldstuck (@art2gee).
The war for the South African tablet market took a new turn last week with the unveiling of two major new contendors.
On Wednesday night, Taipei-based ASUS made their biggest foray yet into this market, unveiling not only a compelling new tablet, but also announcing distribution and marketing partnerships that signal its intentions as loudly as do its devices.
To start with, it officially launched the ASUS Fonepad, a 7” tablet designed to be used as much for apps as for making voice and video calls. Yes, you do look silly holding a 7” tablet to your ear, but ASUS has spotted a trend that silly-watchers missed: younger users are increasingly using their tablets for communication, and that communication is increasingly visual.
It means not only that they are more open to video calls than the older generation, but also that they like to look at their device and continue playing with it while making voice calls. And because music is such an integral element of the way a younger user engages with a tablet, headphones are standard gear.